Thursday, January 28, 2016

It has been a long time since I played along with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I am a past design team member and I thoroughly enjoyed designing cards using their sketches. Some of the sketches had me thinking outside the box and challenged my creativity. This weeks' sketch was a bit challenging at first until I started looking at my heart dies, punches, embellishments, papers and embossing folders. With Valentines Day coming up soon; I decided to make a Valentine card. This card will probably be given to my husband of 43 1/2 years (Wow, has it really been that long?). Once I decided which papers etc. to use, the card came together fairly quickly.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my interpretation of the sketch:

White card stock base, SU's Cherry Cobbler was used for the love sentiment from The Stamps of Life; heart banner die which is by Memory Box and the scalloped heart punch which is from Fiskars. I also added a small maroon colour button as well as a white heart and 2 tiny clear rhinestones. All in all, I am very pleased at how this card turned out and at how quickly I was able to put it all together.

The die cut is by Poppy Stamps - Snowflake ribbon die. The die was cut using my cuttlebug and some adhesive backed glitter paper. I also added some white snowflakes from my stash and added some tiny rhinestone bling to them as well. I couldn't resist adding the star. The sentiment is from my stash and was stamped with olive green ink onto a scallop circle. As I didn't get the sentiment lined up properly, I added some tiny rhinestone bling underneath to balance it out. The bling I used is from Couture Creations which I bought at my favourite store - One Crazy Stamper in Bolton ON.

About Me

Born in The Netherlands, emigrated to Canada at the age of 6 with my parents; 4 brothers and 2 sisters. I am 67, married to my best friend (Herb aka Opa)for 44 years, oma (grandma) to Sierra and Brooke and Amber who give me a lot of joy. Mother to Janice & Mike and MIL to Rob & Colette.
I enjoy making beaded jewellery, counted cross stitch embroidery, knitting and paper crafts. I enjoy making things with my hands but am not very creative and get a lot of inspiration from the internet.